six-string
Noun
Meaning
six-string (plural six-strings)
guitar
Examples
Berklee offers instruction for the four-, five-, and six-string electric bass, the fretless bass, and double bass.
Kristine Johnson sits down with a master of the six-string who has four Grammy nominations this year.
During the Beatles' first trip to the United States, in February 1964, Harrison received a new 360/12 model guitar from the Rickenbacker company, a twelve-string electric made to look onstage like a six-string.
Jazz bassist John Patitucci used a six-string piccolo bass, unaccompanied, on his song "Sachi's Eyes" on his album One More Angel.
Six-string guitar chromatic note table This table shows the layout of pitches on a standard tuning six-string guitar, which is tuned E, A, D, G, B, E, going from the lowest-pitch, thickest string to the highest - pitch, thinnest string.
Also on the bill is six-string guitarist Nels Cline and his group playing fresh interpretations of Hill’s compelling compositions.